According a post in Rubens’ death inventory the heirs still owed Jordaens 240 guilders for finishing two paintings of Hercules and Andromeda. Both paintings for Philips IV, king of Spain, remained unfinished after Rubens’ death.
Place and date
Antwerp, 30-05-1640 ó 24-06-1641
Archival reference
Felixarchief / Antwerp City Archives, Notarial Archives, notary T. Guyot, N # 1894, [unpaged] nr. CXV
Transcription
Felixarchief / Antwerp City Archives, N # 1894 [unpaged] CXV
Transcribed by Piet Bakker
Document described in:
How to cite: Bakker, Piet. “Debt of Rubens to Jordaens.” In Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project. Edited by Joost Vander Auwera and Justin Davies.
jordaensvandyck.org/archive/debt-of-rubens-to-jordaens-30-may-1640-to-24-june-1641/ (accessed 6 November 2024)
Vuijtgeven ende lasten tegens den ontfanck ende profijtten hier vore gestelt
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Expenses and debts prior to receipts and profits
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Aen Sr. Jordaens voor het opmaecken van twee schilderijen die mede vercocht sijn om naer Spaengien teseijnden te wetene eenen Hercules ende een Andromeda comt [gld.] 240
To Jordaens for finishing two paintings which have also been sold to be sent to Spain, namely a Hercules and an Andromeda [gld.] 240